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Climate risks to affect fish biomass around world’s ocean

Climate risks to affect fish biomass around world’s ocean

Fish biomass faces steep falls by the end of the century under a high-emissions scenario New projections highlight potential climate risks to exploitable fish biomass for nearly all regions of the world's ocean, including top

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FAO Food Price Index stable in June

FAO Food Price Index stable in June

Global cereal output forecast to reach an all-time high in 2024 The benchmark for world food commodity prices was unchanged in June, as increases in international quotations for vegetable oils, sugar and dairy products offset

Policy
India participates in 86th session of Executive Committee of Codex

India participates in 86th session of Executive Committee of Codex

The 86th session's agenda covers several critical issues such as Enhancing Food Safety Standards In a significant step towards strengthening global food safety standards, G Kamala Vardhana Rao, CEO of the Food Safety and Standards

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Sudan faces unprecedented hunger catastrophe

Sudan faces unprecedented hunger catastrophe

New data reveals that over 750,000 people are experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity with 25.6 million people in crisis levels of hunger Alarming new food security projections for Sudan published show that Sudan is facing

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FAO sounds alarm over high risk of famine across Gaza Strip

FAO sounds alarm over high risk of famine across Gaza Strip

New analysis reveals that almost the entire population is facing high levels of acute food insecurity with 1 in 5 Gazans being on the verge of famine The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United

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FAO foresees stable outlook for food commodity markets in 2024/25

FAO foresees stable outlook for food commodity markets in 2024/25

The Food Outlook provides detailed market assessments for wheat, coarse grains, rice, oil crops, sugar, meat, dairy products and fisheries Supplies of most of the world’s major food commodities are expected to be adequate in

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Famine looms in Gaza while risk of starvation persists in Sudan, Haiti, Mali, and South Sudan

Famine looms in Gaza while risk of starvation persists in Sudan, Haiti, Mali, and South Sudan

Latest hunger hotspots report urges immediate action to prevent famine and warns of La Niña-linked climate extremes Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 18 hunger “Hotspots”, a new United Nations

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Global fisheries and aquaculture production reaches a new record high

Global fisheries and aquaculture production reaches a new record high

Aquaculture surpasses capture fisheries in aquatic animal production for the first time, The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024 says World fisheries and aquaculture production have hit a new high, with aquaculture production of

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FAO highlights potato’s significance and potential on International Potato Day

FAO highlights potato’s significance and potential on International Potato Day

Importance as staple, genetic diversity and livelihood opportunities come under the spotlight Eaten by over one billion people, the potato is the third most available food crop globally – after rice and wheat, making it

Technologies
Nuclear techniques essential in setting science-based global food standards

Nuclear techniques essential in setting science-based global food standards

International symposium on food safety and control: FAO Director-General underscores the importance of nuclear technologies for measuring, managing and controlling food safety QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations